It’s special out here, connecting with nature Surrounded by bush, acre upon acre It’s quiet here too, as I suck in fresh air No sound of machinery or thoughts of despair Salmon gums and gimlets they shine in the sun Once raped for mine timber, and railed out by the ton Gone are the […]
Lawlers Cemetery – Snapshot – The Irish
07/12/2017 By 4 Comments
Over the next few days I will be publishing the results of my work on the update of the Lawlers Cemetery records and photos. I have been careful editing and researching for the past three weeks. This cemetery is quite small, with only 164 burials. Like all cemeteries, it’s a snapshot of the people who […]
Golden Threads- book review
02/12/2017 By Leave a Comment
GOLDEN THREADS, Poetry from Western Australia’s gold rush This week saw the arrival in town of a new book on the poetry of the bush. I was very kindly given a copy by the author, John Terrell In the words of our Mayor, John Bowler:- ‘John Terrell has done it again. His book on Goldfields […]
Men of the Lake View & Star – NEWS !!!!!!!
30/11/2017 By 5 Comments
ENTER HERE: → MEN OF THE LAKE VIEW AND STAR It’s finally up and running. The very first stage of the records of the Lake View and Star project is finally online and able to be searched. This massive data entry project has taken some time, as you can imagine, the bulk of the records […]
The Adolph Brother – a family story
26/11/2017 By Leave a Comment
The three Adolph brothers were to travel to Kanowna from their home in South Australia. They were the sons of Frederick ADOLPH a farmer and Wilhemina STEF. George Charles Otto ADOLPH b. South Australia –Went to WA Goldfields with his brothers about 1895. In 1901 lived at Golconda Street Kanowna, worked as a goldminer died age 41 […]
